The Integrated Coaching Academy  

Where coaching and counselling connect

A lot of people think, if you've got a problem you need a counsellor, but if you're a high flyer trying to reach 'peak efficiency', you need a coach. Right?

Wrong !

OK or not OK?   

In truth, we often find ourselves at different positions on the ‘continuum of well-being’. Sometimes we are in the ‘OK’ zone and sometimes we slip into the ‘not OK’ zone. It's just part of dealing with the inevitable ups and downs of life.

As human beings, we are constantly reacting, interacting and responding to the environment in which we find ourselves, through a range of instinct and emotions, that serve the purpose of helping us get our needs met. Sometimes that feels good and sometimes, let’s face it, it feels not so good.

You simply can't package people up and fence off their ‘bad stuff.’ Surprise, surprise, highflyers have emotions too. They also have relationship issues and personal problems, and those issues and problems have an impact on their effectiveness at work.
 

Wouldn't it be good if we could all have access to a ‘well-being’ coach who could help us meet our goals and also support us with our problems, so that we can all work towards being our 'best selves’ and living our very best lives?

So what is different about Fusion and therapeutic coaching?

Fusion: The model

A 'model' is a belief or theory. The Fusion model is based on the understanding that Human beings have physical and emotional needs and, if those needs are being met in balance, life will feel good. It is also based on the understanding  that our emotions, instincts and behaviours are always trying to push us towards getting those needs met.

Fusion: The system

To fill the theory-application gap, we need a system for implementation; a practical way of using our underpinning philosophy in everyday living. The STOP System is a mindfulness-based technique which creates the opportunity to 'step back' into our 'observing self' and make emotionally intelligent life choices.

Fusion: The toolbox of mind management skills

The building knowledge from neuroscience about the human mind and brain allows us now to be more effective at managing our emotions so they do not hijack rational thought and positive decision making. Fusion teaches a range of skills which build into a powerful way to  deal with the ups and downs of life and build emotional resilience.

For practitioners   
 
The Fusion Model equips coaches, counsellors and well-being workers with the skills and tools they need to get better outcomes for their clients, no matter where those clients are on ‘the continuum of well-being.’

Fusion's innovative integrated model was developed from 30,000 hours of client work by its originator, experienced psychotherapist Frances Masters. People who have completed Fusion training say it's really helped them broaden and deepen their working practice by adding so many practical and effective skills to their professional toolbox. In fact, Fusion® is the only fast-track, integrated and accredited programme available in the UK, with a model used exclusively for over five years by a mental health charity, and proven to consistently achieve excellent client outcomes in just 5 sessions.

On completion, Diploma graduates will receive a certificate from NCFE, an awarding organisation recognised by the qualification regulators for England and Wales. NCFE's regulators are the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) in England, Qualification Wales and CCEA regulations. The general Conditions of Recognition can be found at ww.ofqual.gov.uk

Graduates will also have access to the exclusive Fusion manual, which is a complete 5 session blueprint with check lists, scripts, client hand outs, outcome measures and everything needed to get the most out of your sessions.

Now, Fusion graduates can also take their careers to the next level, by completing the Trainer, Master Trainer or Mindfulness Based Mind Management (MBMM) Master Trainer programmes, after which they can access exclusive power points and supporting workbooks for their delegates, whether adults or children, appropriate for industry and for schools too.

A major step forward: Fusion and Mindsure

A recent and significant development has been the partnership between  Fusion, Stephen Blackburn Associates and the Foundation for Ribble Valley Families which is seeing Fusion practitioners and trainers really making a mark in Lancashire and beyond under the Mindsure brand.

Ethics

All responsible coaches, mentors, counsellors and integrated wellbeing practitioners abide by a recognised code of ethics. Fusion Therapeutic Coaching sets itself alongside the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists ethical framework for good practice and the Association for Coaching Global Code of Ethics. 

Feedback from the 2017 Diploma

Counsellor Donna Ward says:

'The Fusion training model has picked up the best of other therapeutic models, fused together with Frances’s knowledge and evidence of what really works. Incorporating coaching it is the full package!

 For me it has provided the missing pieces of the jigsaw. I now feel hopeful and confident that I can really move my clients past sticking points and make some major breakthroughs. Frances’ knowledge and delivery was clear, professional and EVERY bit of what she taught us was useful. This was certainly not a course that was padded out. 

It has changed my mind-set in so many ways. I have realised we don't have to complicate this process. What Frances has done with this model is fantastic. The Mindfulness Based Mind Management was a great course. It is very clear and easy to follow, concentrating on the facts and what really works; also what is realistic so it can be maintained.

Honestly, this has been the best training I have been on. Every bit of it was so valuable. I definitely got what I needed from the course. …definitely great value for money.

I feel very honoured to be part of Fusion. The skills I have learned will help gives people their lives back.'

Founding Chair of BACP Coaching, Linda Aspey, says:

'In the field of coach-counsellor integration, Frances is a trailblazer'

Fusion plus mindfulness is the combined intervention of choice for The Foundation for Ribble Valley Families.

'Frances, if I were asked to nominate a hero, I would nominate you for the amazing work you do to promote mental health.' 

Lynne Burke, Director of youth charity, IGNITE